[Sunhelp] Important Ports on Solaris.

[dhansen at zebra.net]

On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, jeisch at boku.net wrote:
>Secure is good, but I need to be able to access my files.  Not allowing
>telnet and FTP would be contrary to my goals.
>-Jonathan

>> > ----------
>> > From:         Doug McLaren[SMTP:dougmc at frenzy.com]
>> > If you want to log into the box from the Internet, you'd open up ftp
>> > and telnet inbound.  *Note that both are bad ideas, you're much better
>> > off with ssh.*


 Dougs' mention of using ssh utilities in place of telnet and ftp are so that 
you can access/transport your files in a more secure fashion than telnet/ftp 
allow you to do. Ssh is a utility that allows you to perform these exact 
functions only in an encrypted and more secure manner than sending logins/pwds
in clear text throughout the network.
 
david hansen